This is an analysis of the poem Martyr’s Memorial that begins with:

SUCH natural debts of love our Oxford knows,
So many ancient dues undesecrate,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbacbXbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11001011101 1101011000 1101011001 1101010111 11000101101 0101010101 1110010101 11010100101 1101001101 1101010101 110111010 1101101111 1110011101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 568
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Martyr’s Memorial;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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